Ten JRPGs You Should Go Back and Play

Well, it’s been a while since Obstructed Views has written anything, so OV thought, why not do an article about something that OV really enjoys? The first game that ever caught our eye was Final Fantasy. Since then, OV has been completely addicted to those awesome JRPG games. Now, without further ado, obstructed views will give you a list of ten JRPGS you should go back and play. And if you have never played them, well, what the hell are you thinking?

Yeah Disgaea is a SRPG/tactical rpg actually . So is fire Emblem . And if you're going to list some i'd go with Tactics Ogre or Final fantasy tactics over disgaea personally .

Decent enough list but i'd remove "traditional" titles such as Vesperia , Lost odyssey , Ni no Kuni or even Star ocean 3 ... for as good if not better experiences that are way more unique , such as any persona games , Shadow Hearts 1-2 , Shin megami tensei 3 Nocturne , Valkyrie Profile 1-2 or any main Suikoden (minus the horrible 4)

JRPG and turn-based are not synonymous. JRPGs can be turn-based, strategy, or action. Now, I don't consider games like Dark Souls to be JRPGs. But, that's because they are trying to emulate WRPGs, and pretty much are WRPGs.

First of all, I'm old. Old enough that I played Final Fantasy when it was a new game. To say that I've played a lot of JRPGs would be a vast understatement.

You will notice that I singled out that game from his list for criticism without being critical of the entire list. That would be because it's a fairly broad spectrum of what's what in JRPGs, and most of those games are actually quite good.

FF7 was crap. The story was crap. The characters were crap. The game play was crap. The graphics were crap except for the FMV sequences which were pretty good in the day it was made.

My top favorite RPG? I've always liked Final Fantasy 4 out of the FF series best but FF6 was up there too. The only 'obscure' RPG I think is fantastic and never gets the place it deserves on these lists is Dark Cloud 2.

@TronEOL Damn right, Dark Cloud 2 is an unsung gem. It's actually amazing how many Level-5 RPGs get overlooked when they're such an excellent game JRPG developer. Rogue Galaxy, Dark Cloud 2, Jeanne d'Arc, and even Ni No Kuni are amazing games that are massively overlooked.